Motor Controller with inputs

[beyond1]

Can someone please suggest a product.

I am building a project which requires a controlled motor. This motor can be a stepper, DC, or servo. I need to be able to record two things through a USB port. One a load (weight) from a load cell or load resistor and two how far the motor moved. A motor couped with an encoder would be best to record how far the motor moved. I see many motor controller but don’t see any with other inputs for items such as an encoder or load cell. I would like to fab this low cost project to experiment with.

Any suggestions?

[dialfonzo]

Hi beyond1,

You can take a look at the DFRobot Romeo All-in-one Microcontroller.
It’s an all in one Arduino based Microcontroller and does have a dual H-Bridge to driver motors and also have easy connection pins.

• robotshop.com/en/dfrobot-romeo-all-in-one-microcontroller-atmega-328.html

As for motor, if you need an encoder, you might be interested in one of those. (Different RPM outputs)

• robotshop.com/en/12v-17rpm-200-1-gear-motor-encoder.html
• robotshop.com/en/12v-12rpm-300-1-gear-motor-encoder.html
• robotshop.com/en/12v-gear-motor-encoder.html
• robotshop.com/en/12v-58rpm-60-1-gear-motor-encoder.html
• robotshop.com/en/12v-26rpm-150-1-gear-motor-encoder.html
• robotshop.com/en/12v-103rpm-30-1-gear-motor-encoder.html

Let us know what you think,

Eric Nantel - DiaLFonZo